Comments on: The alternative Play Activities Holiday Gift Guide #2 Engage vs Entertain http://play-activities.com/blog/the-alternative-play-activities-holiday-gift-guide-2-engage-vs-entertain/ Practical and everyday play ideas and comment for under 5s Wed, 23 May 2012 22:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The alternative Play Activities Holiday Gift Guide #4 Scaling back | Play-Activities.com http://play-activities.com/blog/the-alternative-play-activities-holiday-gift-guide-2-engage-vs-entertain/comment-page-1/#comment-2433 The alternative Play Activities Holiday Gift Guide #4 Scaling back | Play-Activities.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:36:27 +0000 http://play-activities.com/blog/?p=1429#comment-2433 [...] Engage vs Entertain [...] [...] Engage vs Entertain [...]

]]> By: aaron Shaw Phd http://play-activities.com/blog/the-alternative-play-activities-holiday-gift-guide-2-engage-vs-entertain/comment-page-1/#comment-2430 aaron Shaw Phd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:53:43 +0000 http://play-activities.com/blog/?p=1429#comment-2430 We try to engage our kids as much as possible, but with six, it can be tough! We try to engage our kids as much as possible, but with six, it can be tough!

]]> By: Melitsa http://play-activities.com/blog/the-alternative-play-activities-holiday-gift-guide-2-engage-vs-entertain/comment-page-1/#comment-2423 Melitsa Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:39:44 +0000 http://play-activities.com/blog/?p=1429#comment-2423 Thanks for the suggestions. What a bumper pack! How cool that they have a giant cardboard box.......our playroom wish I could say the same. Thanks for the suggestions. What a bumper pack! How cool that they have a giant cardboard box…….our playroom wish I could say the same.

]]> By: The alternative Play Activities Holiday Gift Guide #3 Giving away | Play-Activities.com http://play-activities.com/blog/the-alternative-play-activities-holiday-gift-guide-2-engage-vs-entertain/comment-page-1/#comment-2418 The alternative Play Activities Holiday Gift Guide #3 Giving away | Play-Activities.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:55:12 +0000 http://play-activities.com/blog/?p=1429#comment-2418 [...] « The alternative Play Activities Holiday Gift Guide #2 Engage vs Entertain [...] [...] « The alternative Play Activities Holiday Gift Guide #2 Engage vs Entertain [...]

]]> By: Your Therapy Source Inc http://play-activities.com/blog/the-alternative-play-activities-holiday-gift-guide-2-engage-vs-entertain/comment-page-1/#comment-2413 Your Therapy Source Inc Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:47:57 +0000 http://play-activities.com/blog/?p=1429#comment-2413 With four children in our house and limited screen time I have a collection of ideas that work indoors in our house: 1. water play 2. beans and rice in a big bucket on a large sheet (for easy clean up) 3. painting 4. Play-doh 5. Anything with glue 6. building blocks (move them into the room that you are working in) 7. change toys out periodically (we luckily have a large home and I can put toys away) 8. eye droppers, colored water and paper towels on a large tray 9. shaving cream on a table (smelly though) 10. setting up different themed areas (i.e. pet store, school, house) in a different room than the traditional playroom. For some reason, my children spend NO time in our actual playroom. We have a large room with nothing in it and they literally spend all of their time in that room. They create dances, make stores, do plays all in this empty room. Reminds me of the empty cardboard box theory! With four children in our house and limited screen time I have a collection of ideas that work indoors in our house:
1. water play
2. beans and rice in a big bucket on a large sheet (for easy clean up)
3. painting
4. Play-doh
5. Anything with glue
6. building blocks (move them into the room that you are working in)
7. change toys out periodically (we luckily have a large home and I can put toys away)
8. eye droppers, colored water and paper towels on a large tray
9. shaving cream on a table (smelly though)
10. setting up different themed areas (i.e. pet store, school, house) in a different room than the traditional playroom.

For some reason, my children spend NO time in our actual playroom. We have a large room with nothing in it and they literally spend all of their time in that room. They create dances, make stores, do plays all in this empty room. Reminds me of the empty cardboard box theory!

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